L1.91 Bleek family, The Hill, Mowbray. [Before mid-March 1873?]

L1.91 Bleek family, The Hill, Mowbray. [Before mid-March 1873?]

Photographs and Portraits

1873

Cabinet print. Group portrait of Wilhelm and Jemima Bleek and three children taken in the garden of The Hill. Photographer: S.B. Barnard. The photograph, 5½ x 4 inches, is pasted onto a cabinet card 6¼ x 4¼ inches. Bleek 1872 Album. Copy in Light Brown Album

On the back is the photographer's angled signature 4¾ inches long, "S.B. Barnard" and inscribed in pencil: "Mother, Father, Edith, Mabel, Margaret." L. to R.: Bleek (seated), Mabel leaning against Bleek, Edith (seated). Margie is standing supported by Edith and leaning against Jemima (standing). Bleek's top hat and Jemima's ribboned hat are on the ground in front of the group. Based on the similarities noted in #90 above, it seems very probable that #s 90 and 91 were taken on the same day. As only three of the Bleek children appear in this group family photograph, it is possible that it was taken shortly before the birth of Dorothea on March 26th 1873. If so, Edith would have been 9, Mabel 3 and Margie around 22 months.